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Month: July 2023

Pay is a “very difficult choice,” says the minister as the NEU goes out on strike in England.

Robert Halfon said that the government was trying to be fair to both teachers and taxpayers. As members of the National Education Union (NEU) go on strike over pay, many schools are likely to close or close down in part….

Wimbledon 2023: Aryna Sabalenka avoids upset to beat Varvara Gracheva; Petra Kvitova advances

Aryna Sabalenka, who was the second seed, came back to beat Varvara Gracheva of France and move on to the third round of Wimbledon. The Belarusian, who was one of the event favorites, had a hard time at first against…

US job growth is at its slowest in over two years.

The Labor Department said that employers added 209,000 jobs in June, which was the smallest increase in more than two years. That was less than what was projected, but the unemployment rate still went down, from 3.7% in May to…

British Grand Prix: Max Verstappen tops first practice

Alex Albon, who drives for Williams, was third fastest, which was a surprise. He was 0.253 seconds behind the leader, which shows that other teams haven’t hit their full potential this weekend. Behind the Red Bulls in fourth place, Fernando…

Robodebt: Australia’s illegal hunt for handouts made people feel hopeless

An important review in Australia has found that the previous government’s illegal welfare hunt made people feel like they were criminals and led to suicides. Locals called it “Robodebt,” and it was an automated government program that made welfare users…

Brazil’s government says that Amazon deforestation will be cut by a third by 2023.

The government says that in the first six months of President Luiz InĂ¡cio Lula da Silva’s term, deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon fell by 33.6% compared to the same time period in 2022. It looks like the jungle shrunk by 2,649…

Wimbledon 2023: Liam Broady wins on Center Court, realizing a childhood ambition

Liam Broady realized a childhood ambition on Thursday when he walked out onto Wimbledon’s Centre Court. What occurred next, in his words, was “the icing on the cake.” The fourth-seeded Casper Ruud, who had just reached the final of the…

Lukashenko tells BBC that there are no winners after the Wagner mutiny.

Alexander Lukashenko made the deal that put an end to the Wagner mutiny. We’re told this. So, if anyone can bring clarity to this dark story, it must be the leader of Belarus. Or so we hope. We are part…

Liam Broady beats Casper Ruud at Wimbledon in 2023, and Katie Boulter moves on.

Liam Broady, the fifth-ranked player from Britain, beat Casper Ruud, the fourth-seeded player from Norway, in five sets on a crazy Centre Court. This was one of the biggest surprises at this year’s Wimbledon. Katie Boulter, who is the best…

In the case of the Mar-a-Lago papers, Trump aide Walt Nauta says he is not guilty.

Walt Nauta, who worked for Donald Trump, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he hid secret papers for his boss at Mar-a-Lago, the home of the former president. The navy veteran, who was charged at the same time as…